RT Book, Section
A1 Daniel, Jonathan C.
A1 Cohen, Daniel M.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Colson, Yolonda L.
A2 Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2 Krasna, Mark J.
A2 Mentzer, Steven J.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
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ID 1105846446
T1 Surgical Repair of Complex (Recurrent) Pectus Excavatum in Adults
T2 Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178189-3
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105846446
RD 2022/08/07
AB Since  the  first  pectus  repair  was  reported  by  Meyer  in  1911,  several  different  techniques  have  been  described.1,2  The  Ravitch  procedure,  first  described  in  1949,3  became  the  mainstay  of  repair  until  Nuss  described  a  minimally  invasive  repair  in  the  early  1990s.4  The  techniques  for  primary  repair  of  congenital  chest  wall  deformities,  including  pectus  excavatum,  are  described  in  Chapter  140.  None  of  these  techniques  is  perfect,  however,  and  recurrences  do  occur.  Although  the  incidence  of  recurrent  pectus  excavatum  in  the  adult  population  is  most  rare,  it  is  usually  a  consequence  of  technical  failure.  The  rate  of  recurrence,  although  significantly  reduced  in  the  hands  of  a  more  experienced  surgeon,  ranges  from  2%  to  10%.